If the Shoe Fits: Cops Match Crime Scene Bloody Footwear to Shoeless Limping Man

J'accuse!

In a case that comes close to the hypothetical situation of tracking a bleeding elephant in the snow, San Francisco Police have arrested an early contender for "Worst Getaway Attempt" of 2009.

Responding Wednesday to a hit-and-run call in the Outer Sunset involving a car bowling over a barricade and then driving off, officers tracked the vehicle to the 1500 block of Great Highway. Examining the vehicle, officers discovered a shoe wedged behind the brake pedal near pools of fresh blood.

So, when a man with only one shoe -- and bleeding from the foot -- was spotted traipsing along Great Highway nearby, well, the police had a few questions for him. He was arrested for the hit-and-run incident -- and Marijuana possession to boot. No news on whether he kept his stash hidden in his other shoe.